I'll add older anime as I think about them, but I want to rewatch stuff I don't remember well before logging. Otherwise, just logging new stuff since I started using this site (like 2022?).
Ratings
Ratings are not very important, but I use a 50 as the average out of all major anime productions made in the modern era, which is probably like C tier. For MAL, the median is more like a 7/10, so YMMV when comparing my ratings. A 10/10 on here is probably like a 93-97 on Anilist and generally I only round up on 87, 77, etc.
I try to rate shows "quasi-objectively," so if I happen to love some aspect because of something very biased, then I'll note that in my notes but review it where I think it actually deserves to be. (e.g., childhood favorites need not hold up but can still hold a special place in my heart. Inuyasha and Case Closed probably aren't 10/10s.) Moreover, influence is only a small factor for most shows. It's more about how good the show is to actually watch.
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All Comments (4) Comments
I was bullish on this show at first, but it's disappointed me somewhat. Take the simple excitement of a decent American thriller/suspense film, make it into an anime, and this is what you get, but the pacing and production suffer a lot, and there's no conclusive ending, as it seems it'll just keep going. That and the resolution of this first arc was disappointing. The OP and ED are quite good and the voice acting is solid. One thing this show does well is to have a clear guy to root for with a simple goal, and you get to wonder how he will get himself to that end, see how he frees himself and his family from the mess they've found themselves in. The details get rough, but the idea was refreshing at first for an anime. While not great, this show was still ignored more than it probably deserved, especially given so many wrote it off right away before it reached its major issues.
Great review, I agree 100% on your points. This show was my biggest disappointment this season, not to say that it was all bad. It had a lot of potential with its premise but it just kinda fell flat and didn't do anything too exciting with it. I did hear the manga was a bit better though so I might end up checking that out.
Nice to meet you, thanks for accepting my FR btw. :3